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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. O. E. BAGGESEN. AUTOMATIC SAFETYATTACHMENT FOR STREET CARS. N0.507,201.

Patented Oct. 24, 1893.

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' UNITED STATES I PATENT 7 OFFICE.

CARL E. BAGGESEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.-

AUTOMATIC SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR STREET-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 507,201, dated October24, 1893. Application filed February 15,1893. Serial No. 462,371. (Nomodel.)

New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Automatic SafetyAttachments for Street-Oars, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an improved fender, guard, or track cleaner forcars, and is particularly adapted for street cars propelled by electric,cable or other power.

The object of my invention is to providea simple device of thischaracter which can be folded beneath the end of the car when not inuse.

Another object is to provide a device which will carry the endangeredperson or object along as the car moves forward, and will not throw onein an uncertaindirection, nor permit one to be dragged along in front ofthe wheels; and a still further object is to provide a device that isthoroughly automatic being operated at the moment the person upon thetrack is touched.

With these various objects in view my invention consists in providing anoperating frame which swings from the dash board of a car, andaforwardly extensible carrier apron, adapted to be folded beneath thecar when not in use, and projected forward when the operating frame istouched by the person or object upon the track.

My invention consists also in the novel construction of an operatingframe by means of which it can be folded up infront of the dash boardwhen not in use.

The invention consists also in'the novel mechanism for extending thecarrier apron, and it consists still further in certain details ofconstruction, and combinations of parts all of whichwill be first fullydescribed in connection with the accompanying drawings and then pointedout in the claims.

In the drawings which form a part of this specification.Figure 1 is avertical longitudinal section on the plane of the line l1 of Fig. 2, theparts being shown in theirfnormal positions in full lines and inoperative positions in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of thedevice. Fig. 3 is a detail View of winding and releasing mechanism,

nary street car.

which is also pivoted to the dash at a tween the swinging frame and theoperating rod of the extending mechanism.

In carrying out my invention I employ an operating frameA, rectangularin shape, and which swings from the dash board of an ordi- The frame, A,is of a width equal to the width of the track and is pivotally connectedwith the dash by means of an arm a The frame Ais constructed of thin,stout metal, and comprises the vertical end pieces and the horizontaltop, bottom, and cross pieces,said frame resting within six inches ofthe road bed as shown in Fig. 1. In order to hold the frame in thisposition I employa second set of arms 0. which are pivotally connectedwith the frame, and also with the operating bars 13 of the extendingmechanism. By referring to Fig. 4 it will be noticed that the arm a isprovided with an inclined flange a and that the pivot a is placed nearthe end of the arm. This construction provides a lock joint between thearm a and bar 13, prevents the frame swinging too far inward, and makesa rigid connection through which power may be transmitted to theoperating bars.

The operating bars B are arranged at each side of the car upon thebottom of the same, and slide longitudinally in the guide ways b I)attached to the bottom of the car. The inner end of each barBisconnected with the outer end of a lever O pivoted at c to the bottom ofthe car the inner end of each lever being connected with the releasinglocking mechanism as hereinafter explained.

The extensible and contractible carrier apron consists of a lazytongframeD made of thin stout metal, covered by a sheet of canvas or otherstout cloth D, upon which-the person is intended to rest while beingcarried forward with the car. The lazytong frame D is provided with aforward cross bar (1', slotted longitudinally at its ends, as shown at(P, for the purpose of allowing the arms. of the frame to fold andunfold. The front cross bar 01' is also provided with two or morerollers d (1 which are adapted to roll upon the rails of the track whenthe carrier apron is extended, and thus support the forward end of thesame.

The canvas apron D is attached at its forward end to the forward crossbar d, while its rear end is attached to a spring actuated roller 01,mounted beneath the car bottom and forward of the extending and lockingmechanism.

The lazytong frame D is pivoted at its innermost joint to a stout springmetal bar E, said bar being attached at its rear end to the framecarrying the locking and releasing mechanism; its forward end being bentdownwardly as shown and provided with a longitudinal slot e. Upon theunder side of this stout spring metal plate E is mounted a guide pulleye under which passes a rope F, which is attached at its forward end tothe forward cross bar frame D, for the purpose of contracting the frameand apron, and in order to wind this rope I provide a drum G, which isjournaled in a frame H, attached to the under side of the car bottom.The drum G is formed with central groove in which the rope is wound, andat each end the drum is formed with a gear G which mesh with the pinionsK K of the combined pinion and ratchet which is also journaled in theframe H to the rear of the drum G. The combined pinion and ratchet isformed with pinions K K at each end and a ratchet wheel K intermediatethe pinions, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. This combined ratchet andpinion is mounted upon a winding shaft L, which extends a short distancebeyond the side of the car, by means of which the rope is wound upon thedrum and.

the apron contracted after it has been extended forward.

In order to hold the parts locked in their contracted positions Iprovide a locking lever M, which is pivoted in the frame H and carries apawl m at its forward end which engagesthe ratchet K, and holds theparts in place. The lever M is held in engagement with the ratchet bymeans of the leaf spring M Figs. 1 and 3. The rear end of the lever M isbifurcated as shown at M in Fig. 2, and to each member of the same isattached a cord N, said cord being passed around pulleys n 01, upon thebottom of car and then connected with the inner ends of the adjacentlever C, before referred to. established a connection between the swinging operating frame A, and the locking and releasing mechanism so thatwhen the frame A is touched by a person or object on the track, thelocking mechanism will be released and the carrier apron is ready to beextended; and in order to project the same forward I provide two stoutmetal coiled springs S S, which are connected at their rear ends to thebottom of car and at their forward ends are attached to the inner end ofthe lazytong frame D, so that when the said frame is contracted thesprings are distended and the moment thelocking lever is thrown out ofen gagement, the springs S S contract, extending the frame, andunrolling the apron and winding cord.

By this means there is i In practice I attach one of my improved fendersand cleaners at each end of a car so that safety is insured when the caris running in either direction, but when the car is moving in onedirection the swing frame at the opposite end is folded up and securedupon a hook T as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l. The parts are shown intheir normal positions in full lines in Fig. 1, and when a person orthing is upon the track, the lower portion of the swinging operatingframe is struck. This causes the same to move inward a short distanceand the slightest movement of this frame causes theoperating bars B tomove inward operating the levers C, which draw the cords N and releasethe lever M. the lever M is released the springs S S contract and thecarrier apron is extended forward and downward, catching and carryingthe person in front of the car. When the lever M is unlocked the rope Fis free to unwind, and the apron D is unwound beneath the car. The caris of course stopped as soon as possible and the person removed from thecarrier apron. A crank is then applied to the winding shaft, and thecarrier apron contracted beneath the end of car, the apron winding uponthe spring roller in a manner similar to an ordinary curtain shade. Therollers at the end of the lazytong frame are of soft rubber, and thusprevent injury to the person struck. The slotted spring plate acts as aguide for the winding rope and keeps it straight as it is wound upon thedrum.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with aswinging operating frame, of an extensible and contractible carrierapron arranged beneath the end of the car and connected with the saidframe, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a car ofan extensible carrier apron arranged beneath the end of the said car,rods for operating said apron and a frame attached to said rods at theirforward ends, substantially as shown anddescribed.

3. In a device of the character described, the extensible carrier aproncomprising the lazytong frame and fabric cover, the springs foroperating the lazytong frame and the spring roller for winding thefabric all arranged substantially as shown and described.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination with anextensible carrier apron of the winding drum and cord, the pinion andlocking lever and the cords for releasing said lever, substantially asshown and described.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination with theoperating frame and bars, of the lovers and attached cords, the lockinglever and combined ratchet and pinion the winding drum, and cord and theex- The moment tensible carrier apron and springs for operating thesame, substantially as shown and described.

6. In a device vof the character described, the combination with alazytong frame and springs for operating the same, of a winding cord andlocking device, and releasing de-' vices for releasing the lockingdevice all arranged substantially as shown and described.

7. In a device of the character described, the combination with ajournal frame arranged beneath the car, of the stout spring metalplateattached thereto and slotted at its forward end, the lazytong framepivoted to said plate, a pulley attached thereto, the winding drum andlocking device and the cord-attached at its forward end to the lazytongframe and wound at the rear'end upon the drum, and the winding shaft allarranged substantially as shownand described.

8. In a device of the character described, the combination with ajournal frame, of the winding drum having gears at each side, of thecombined ratchet and pinions, the winding shaft the locking levercarrying a pawl,

and the cord for releasing said lever, substantially as shown anddescribed.

9. Ina device of the character described, the combination with theswinging operating frame, of the operating bars, the levers attachedthereto, the journal frame and platel the lazytong frame and fabriccover, the spring roller, the springs for operatingrthe lazytong frame,the winding drum, the looking device and lever and the cords connect-.ing said locking lever with the first named levers, and thewindingshaft and cord all arranged and adapted to operate substantiallyas shown and described.

CARL E. BAGGESEN.

Witnesses:

J AMES H. GRIDLEY, SOLON'C. KEMoN.

